History Blogs

Here are some fun history blogs you might be interested in checking out:

Boston 1775

• “One of the leaders of the Disaffected in this town”
• “To refuse the use of Faneuil Hall” on Election Day
• Making Clothing for the Army
• Soldiers and the King’s Half-Penny
• Call for Papers on “Women Waging War”
• Trail Work at the North Bridge
• “Declaring Independence” Presentations Around Massachusetts
• Morrison on “Exporting the Revolution” in Exeter, 22 May
• Hunter on Dighton Rock in Middleboro, 19 May
• May Events at the Lee Mansion in Marblehead

the Victorian era

• Guest post: Wife beating in Victorian England …The ‘Rule of Thumb’
• The history of schooling in Victorian Britain (guest post)
• The mysterious case of the Foxborough bike racks
• Take a stroll through a map (sponsored post)
• The History Of The Bed: From Horse Hair To Now. How Have They Changed?
• A Pocket of 19th Century Fashion in 21st Century Africa (guest post)
• Guest post: Women’s Education in 19th century
• My Inner Victorian
• Yesterday enchanting today & the first domestic goddess
• Sailing the world with spices and a monkey puzzle tree…

Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History

• The All Saints Flood of 1570
• How Greece lost her Marbles
• West Wycombe Park
• Lost Rivers of London: What Lies Beneath
• The Lutenist
• London Lives 1690-1800
• I'm back
• History of the world in 100 objects - early modern bits
• Trees Lounge: The Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead
• Admiral Byng.....it's not over

Civil War History

• A new adventure and tracing Civil War soldiers
• Ten Years of Blogging and Reflections on Teaching the Civil War
• What’s in a school name?-Robert E. Lee is out
• Upcoming Civil War reenactment in Pennsylvania
• Robert E. Lee: Honorable Man, or Treasonous Scoundrel
• Skype-ing the Civil War with students, part II
• Fort Sumter fired upon 155 years ago
• Skype-ing the Civil War with students
• Some thoughts on Mercy Street
• More thoughts on The Civil War rebroadcast

Women of History

• I write what I think is right…take it or leave it: Historian Romila Thapar
• Amelia Earhart bones found in Nikumaroro, claims scientist
• Conference at Bryn Mawr Looks at Women Who Lived as Social Outliers
• Obit: Joan Bershas
• Obit: Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, journalist and author
• Welcome to Puntland: Where Men Don't Consider Rape A Crime
• 10th Century Golden Heart Jewel Worn by Bulgarian Empress Discovered in Medieval Capital Veliki Preslav
• Siberia salutes British nurse who set up a leper colony in remote Yakutian village
• Enriqueta Martí - The Vampiress of Barcelona
• Women Firefighters Battle Child Marriage in India

For more fascinating blogs, check out 100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies .